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' W. H. BURNETT.

BLOCK FOR FORMING FELT SATUHEL BODIES. No. 246,695.

Patented Sept. 6, 1881.

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WILLIAM H. BURNETT, OF NEWARK, NEYV JERSEY.

BLOCK FOR FORMING FELT SATCHEL-BODIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,595, dated September 6, 1881,

Application filed April 2, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BURNETT, a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Blocks for Forming Felt Satchel-Bodies; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the operation of constructing satchels or other similar articles, to increase their utility and beauty, and otherwise render them more desirable.

The invention consists in ablock for forming satchel-bodies, substantially as will be hereinafter described, illustrated, and embodied in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similarletters of referenceindicate parts in each of the several figures, Figure]. is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of a block substantially such as I usein the process of constructing satchels, 860.; and Fig. 3 represents a satchel embodying myimprovements.

In carrying out my invention I first construct a block or blocks, a b 0, having, when arranged together, the form I desire to reproduce in the satchelthat is to say, the said block is longitudinally longer at the bottom than at the top, and transversely wider at the top than at the bottomthe same being shown in Figs.'1 and 2. The block may be made whole; but, as here shown and for reasons stated, is divided into sections a b 0, held together in their proper relative position by a dovetail tongue and groove, d. The middle section, I), of the block is made widestat the top, or

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wed ge-shaped, to allow the said section to be drawn from the body of the satchel after the latterhasbeen completed. Thesaidcentersection, 0, has a handle, 6, let into the top thereof to facilitate the withdrawal of the same. Atter the block a b c is thus constructed 1 form the satchel thereon, substantially as will be described in a patent granted to me for improvements in satchels bearingeven date herewith. The tongues and grooves in the sections of the blocks do not extend entirely through the block, but terminate midway therein, so as to prevent the center section from passing below the outer sections, as indicated in broken lines in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A satchel-body-forming block adapted to impart the desired shape to the satchel-body,

said block being formed in sections and being longitudinally longer at the bottom than at the top, and transversely wider at the top than at the bottom, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A satchel-body-Iorming block arranged in sections, as shown, having the tongues and grooves d and handle 6, said sections, when in their relative position, having the shape substantiallyas shown, for the purposes spgcified.

3. A satchel-body-forming block, substantially as herein shown, the same being longer at the bottom than at the top and wider at the top than at the bottom, and thus shaped, for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of March, 1881.

WILLIAM H. BURNETT.

Witnesses CHARLES H. PELL, OLIVER DRAKE. 

